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SCARS Newsletter September 14, 2018

In This Issue… Monthly Club Meeting Review, I Fall On My Sword,
Route 66 On The Air, 71st Hamarama Next Month,
Link of the Week,Dates To Remember, The Doctor Is In, This Week’s ARRL Letter, ARRL DX Bulletin, Amateur Radio Newsline, Ham Nation, Odds and Ends, Upcoming Hamfests within 250 miles _…_._

Monthly Club Meeting Review

I give September’s Meeting 5 Stars!

It was a fabulously attended event with no fewer than 70 people in attendance including a number of Visitors and several people who weren’t even Hams!
N5JXS gave a GREAT presentation about Radio and Emergency Ops in the Civil Air Patrol.You can watch the entire Club Meeting or fast-forward to Gerry’s presentation at this link:

The Real News from the Club Meeting is the Fall Picnic which will occur at the WA6DKD Antenna Farm at 4PM the afternoon of the October meeting. Don’t worry – I’ll remind you about this many times between now and then.

All in all, a GREAT meeting and many got help with new radio assistance, got their DMR and handhelds programmed, and one or two people walked away with Tape-Measure Antenna Kits. There are a number still available for $10 from N5HZR. Call him any time of the day or night – the boy never sleeps. Really. 15 minutes a night – tops.

Hope you can be there next month and then make it to the Picnic!

Mea Culpa

Your Editor, aided and abetted by MailChimp, and to a far lesser extent N5HZR,
conspired to delete a number of recent subscription entries.
Several months-worth of them. Sigh…

IF you are reading this by discovering it by some means other than getting notified by MailChimp, please, go back and do it again. I promise to supervise my fingers more dutifully when editing these lists. The signup link is here: https://w5nor.org/email/

Route 66 On The Air Continues through Sunday

The 19th annual Route 66 On the Air special event, celebrating the storied highway between the west coast and the US heartland, gets under way on September 8 and continues until September 16.
The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (CBARC http://www.w6jbt.org) of San Bernardino, California, sponsors the event, which will feature 21 stations — including two rovers — operating from sites along or near the path ofUS Route 66.
Sporting W6-prefix 2 × 1 call signs, the stations will be active on CW, SSB, and digital modes, as well as some VHF and UHF repeater operation.

Through story, song, film, and television, the highway — also known as “The Will Rogers Highway” and “The Mother Road” — came to symbolize the spirit of the freedom of the open road, inspiring many to see America.
Stretching nearly 2,500 miles from California to eastern Illinois,
US Route 66 was established in the mid-1920s.
After it had been replaced piecemeal by the Interstate Highway System, it was formally removed from the US Highway System in 1985,
although segments of the highway now have been designated
a National Scenic Byway — Historic Route 66.

The US National Park Service says https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/index.html Route 66 “holds a special place in American consciousness and evokes images of simpler times,
mom-and-pop businesses, and the icons of a mobile nation on the road.” NPS includes the roadway in its “Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary.”

Started by the Northern Arizona DX Association, the US Route 66 Special Event offered a way for radio amateurs to “relive the ride,” CBARC said on its website.
CBARC assumed sponsorship of the event a couple years after the inaugural running, and it has become a staple of the September special event schedule.

Several Amateur Radio clubs will participate in making the event a reality by sponsoring stations set up along the original US Route 66 or in cities nearby. Listen for W6A – W6U during the event period.

71st Hamarama Next Month

The 71st Texoma Hamarama is a little over a month away, and it’s not too soon to pre-register and put it on your calendar. Friday/Saturday, October 26 & 27. This’ll be the only out-of-town Hamfest I’ll make this year. How about you?

Link of the Week

KE2YK’s Special Events Page

Some of you likely already have this site bookmarked, but I just today happened upon KE2YK’s (Gary Utz) page of “Special Events”. For those new to Amateur Radio Clubs and even individuals will put on Special Events for all kinds of “happenings”. I wouldn’t even be surprised to hear of a Special Event for a Hog Calling Contest. In any case, the setup radios and antennas, talk to anyone and everyone, and will even exchange a Special QSL card commemorating the contact.

SWAZILAND, 3DA. Pista, HA5AO plans to be QRV as 3DA0AO from Mbabanefrom September 16 to 28. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters usingCW, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.

VIET NAM, 3W. Jacek, SP5APW will be QRV as 3W9JK/p from ChamIsland, IOTA AS-162, until September 22 and then as 3W9JK from HoiAn until September 27. Activity will be on 20 to 6 meters usingSSB. QSL to home call.

MALAWI, 7Q. Alex, IW5ELA will be QRV as 7Q7ELA from September 17 to26 while traveling through the country. Activity will be on the HFbands using mostly CW in his spare time. QSL to home call.

MALDIVES, 8Q. Christian, OE3DEC is QRV as 8Q7EC until September 23while on vacation. Activity is mostly on 20 meters using SSB. QSLto home call.

WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. Members of the Kuala Lumpur DX Team will be QRVas 9M4IOTA from Redang Island, IOTA AS-073, from September 15 to 17.Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and variousdigital modes. QSL direct to 9M2OOO.

TONGA, A3. Eberhard, DL7JLL is QRV as A35JLL from Niuafo’Ou Island,IOTA OC-123, until September 19. Activity is on 40 to 10 metersusing QRP power. QSL to home call.

SAUDI ARABIA, HZ. Members of the Saudi Amateur Radio Society willbe QRV with special calls HZ88ND, 7Z88ND and 8Z88ND from Riyadh fromSeptember 16 to 30 to celebrate the 88 National Day of the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia. QSL via HZ1BF.

MARIANA ISLANDS, KH0. Harry, JG7PSJ is QRV as WH0RU from Saipan,IOTA OC-086, until September 18. Activity is on 40 to 10 metersusing CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL direct to home call.

DODECANESE, SV5. Alex, SQ9UM is QRV as SV5/SQ9UM from RhodesIsland, IOTA EU-001, until September 24. Activity is holiday styleon 40 to 6 meters, and possibly 60 meters, using CW, RTTY, PSK andFT8. QSL to home call.

EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Uli, DL2AH is QRV as T32AH from KiritimatiIsland, IOTA OC-024, until October 2. Activity is holiday style on80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL direct to home call.

SAN MARINO, T7. Members of the Radioamateurs Association of theRepublic of San Marino will be QRV as T71A from Torre Guaita, T71Bfrom Torre Cesta, and as T71C from Torre del Montale, also known asthe three towers of San Marino, on September 15 and 16. Activitywill be on 40 to 10 meters. QSL via T70A.

EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. Dima, UA1OLM is QRV as RK1OWA/p fromSolovetsky Island, IOTA EU-066, until the end of September.Activity is in his spare time on 40, 30 and 20 meters using CW. QSLvia RZ1OA.

KOSOVO, Z6. Max, ON5UR will be QRV as Z68UR from Gjakove fromSeptember 20 to 30. Activity will be on various HF bands usingmainly SSB and FT8. QSL via M0URX.

TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND GOUGH ISLAND, ZD9. Steve, G4EDG will be QRV asZD9CW from Tristan da Cunha Island, IOTA AF-029, from September 20to October 22. Activity will be on 40 to 15 meters, and possibly 80meters later in the operation, using mainly CW and RTTY. QSL viaLZ1JZ.

ANTARCTICA. Adam, ZL4ASC is QRV as ZL5A from the Scott Base on RossIsland, IOTA AN-011, while on work assignment. Activity is in hisspare time. QSL via operator’s instructions.

Amateur Radio Newsline

– BREAKING NEWS: HAMS RESPOND TO ATLANTIC HURRICANE SYSTEMS – ANTENNA GIVES BOOST TO FLEDGLING DXers IN UK – SILENT KEY: LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY’S JIM WEIDNER K2JXW – HAM RADIO HELP FOR SCOUTS – AN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE AT THE VOA – AIRSHOW INCLUDES RADIO SHOW IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIF. – A CELEBRATION OF MARCONI – DOWN UNDER “– YLs TO OPERATE ON BOARD USS BATFISH – WORLD OF DX – A PROUD SON CALLS QRZ FOR THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS

Ham Nation

“SATERN AND THE NATION PREPARE FOR FLORENCE“

Episode 367’s highlights:
“Amanda talks with Bill Feist, National SATERN Liaison for The Salvation Army on preparation for hurricane Florence,
kids talk to the International Space Station,
building a crystal radio set with George,
and more!“